Monday, 13 December 2010

yes, i'm selling my prints, posters and cards at one last event before christmas.

its called 'Christmas In The Park' and is a festive fair in Millhouses Park in Sheffield. there is going to be a craft-stall marquee next to the Millhouses Park Cafe, and lots else to do (see poster below). it runs 10am-4pm..maybe see you there!

Monday, 29 November 2010

This time it is the famous Kelham Island Victorian Christmas Market, in Sheffield. Its a 2-dayer on Sat 4th and Sunday 5th December, 10am-7pm..its £4 to get in, but free for children.....Tons of things to do, lots of stalls, childrens activities, a Victorian fairground...I've been before, and its probably the most Christmassy thing i've ever seen...though that could have had something to do with mulled wine...

The pack is available from my Folksy shop, and also from various fairs i'll be selling at in november/december in Yorkshire. Oh, it is £4 plus p+p...

greeting cards

i've created two new greeting cards, both based on lino-cut images i have created (one quite old, one brand new), and printed digitally. again, they are printed on heavyweight 300g card, and come with a lovely ribbed brown paper envelope (like old wrapping paper). i'm selling them in packs of 3 in my Folksy shop, and also at the fairs too. Are they christmassy? i don't know!

Tuesday, 7 September 2010

i created a new linocut today. i thought it might be of interest to show work-in-progress (if you pardon the rather rolf harris-ness of it all).

1. so after i've traced the image onto the lino with a pencil, i start digging away with the lino-tools, trying not to gouge my hands, as does happen...

2. still digging, nearly there!

3. inking up the plate (with a roller). gives me a bit more of an idea how the print will look. its a bit hard to imagine what you'll 'get' before this step (although you could ink up the plate before digging, note to self)

4. test print. i always do a test print with black ink, so i can focus on the image, not the colour. so, all i need to do now is make a few final adjustments, choose my print colour, print my edition, and stick it it the shop! i print normally with a small flatbed press, or occasionally with the help of a pudding spoon.

Thursday, 2 September 2010

I took a pic recently of a load of my linocut plates whilst having a tidy-up....They look kind-of funny all lined up, a bit like they've just been dug up, or something...(excuse the fruit bowl, and my son's artwork)...

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Right, my new linocut print is now for sale in my Folksy shop. Was away at the Green Man Festival, so putting it int shop was somewhat delayed. It is printed with blue ink on off-white German Zerkall 170gsm acid-free paper, from an edition of 100, signed and numbered.

Sunday, 15 August 2010

hello...i've done a new art-piece. it is a linocut of a view through a window of Meersbrook in Sheffield. bit of a change of subject from the last one, i know! the Sheffield skyline is pretty inspiring, methinks.

Sunday, 8 August 2010

well, i've now figured out how to configure my blog. thanks to those who have chosen to follow me so far. i hope it may grow!

i have just completed a new piece of artwork. thought you might like to see it. it is of a rubber ear syringe. a doctor gave it to me and to use it at home. it worked! i was struck by the beauty of the object, and so decided to create an artwork based on it.

art and medicine in one place, ahem.

it is a pencil and paint image, as a slight detour from my normal printwork. the media seemed to suit the subject better. i'll be producing a series of posters of this to sell in my Folksy shop and at fairs soon.

Thursday, 5 August 2010

I have just created this blog to display my artwork and tell people about what i do. I create images using linocut and etching techniques. I've been doing this for a fair few years now, but only recently considered taking it 'seriously'. Oh, and I'm based in Sheffield, UK.

I am inspired mostly by the ordinarily absurd, animals, people, objects, landscapes, but probably not unicorns. A few artists who I like are Francisco Goya, Stanley Spencer and Max Beckmann.

About Me

Brief Biography

I've been producing printed artwork for perhaps the last 14 years. In 2010 I decided to go full-time as an artist, and I'm still at it! I specialise in linocuts and screen-prints.

I graduated with a degree in Fine Art in 1995, specialising in photography (for no other reason than I didn't really enjoy painting or sculpture), and then spent the next few years in dead-end jobs and being unemployed, fighting with thousands of other arts graduates for the rare art-related jobs that appeared.

Eventually I worked in a few (non art-related) decent jobs, and then discovered print-making. It was a revelation to me. A way of creating art that felt physical and quite a challenge!

I'm inspired by the graphic quality of printmaking, and the way you can say a lot with very little. Artist-wise I'm inspired by people like Goya, Stanley Spencer, Max Beckmann and Egon Schiele. All quite direct artists. More contemporary people I like are the artist/graphic novelist Chris Ware, Kid Acne, illustrator Jonathan Wilkinson and cartoonist/writer Elodie Ginsbourg.

So I've been doing it ever since, and now spend all my time working on it (aside from the time spent being a musician - my other passion).

I've had a little success along the way being shortlisted in 2006 for the International Small Print Competition for my work 'Paris Buggy' and taking part in the 'Portrait Artist Of The Year' and 'Landscape Artist Of The Year' TV shows in 2013/2015 (reaching the semi-final in the latter). I've also produced commissions for people like Paul Smith Menswear,The Hepworth Wakefield, Sheffield Children's Festival, The Folk Forest music festival and Domino Records.

I sell my work via my Folksy shop, my NOTHS shop, to various shops and galleries around the UK, and also at various Art/Craft Markets.

I also have a facebook page too. Please come along and become a fan if you like my stuff!